DatabaseName.bak File Transfer Problem

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Published on 2010-06-13T17:49:09Z Indexed on 2010/06/13 17:52 UTC
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I have downloaded databasename.bak file from my hosting company, when i tried to restore that DB file in SQL server 2008 it is keep on giving me following error.

The media family on device 'C:\go4sharepoint_1384_8481.bak' is incorrectly formed. SQL Server cannot process this media family. RESTORE HEADERONLY is terminating abnormally. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 3241)

According to this error and from following link http://www.sqlcoffee.com/Troubleshooting047.htm

Later when I tried to restore file on server it was restored correctly, but when I tried to transfer same file using FTP Software FileZila and tried to restore that downloaded file it was giving above error.

That is file is getting corrupted on the way to tranfer using FTP.

Any Idea how can i avoid that file to get courrupt?

Note: File is downloaded using FileZila -> TransferType as Binary.

Thank you.

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